Two 12+ hours days of driving through the steppes of Argentina took us from El Chalten to Bariloche. Even seeing cattle or sheep was rare. Though we did see a few guanaco, an animal similar to an alpaca.
Day one had three highlights.
One we stopped to help a guy broken down on the side of the road and ended up towing him 60km to the nearest town. It must have been quite a sight as the big yellow Tucan truck drove through the town towing a local estancia owner in his dual cab ute. We got even more stares than normal.
Two, the enormous sandwiches served at our afternoon toilet stop. Each slice of bread was equal to at least four regular slices.
The third was when our driver and tour leader pulled over to help a guanaco who was stuck on a fence.
The rest of the day consisted of knitting and sleeping. I made some Christmas decorations for the truck. Which the driver, Ritchie has said he likes so much he will keep them for his next truck. An amazing compliment as he told me stories of tearing down Christmas decorations previous groups had made as soon as their tour finished.
Day two had three highlights, a hot lunch, every toilet stop being at a flushing toilet and having a little step ladder to get up into the truck (both due to a lady with some mobility issues joining the group on El Calafate, I miss ditch toilets).
We're now in the Lakes District of Patagonia, which is what I expected most of Patagonia to be like, very green.
Day one had three highlights.
One we stopped to help a guy broken down on the side of the road and ended up towing him 60km to the nearest town. It must have been quite a sight as the big yellow Tucan truck drove through the town towing a local estancia owner in his dual cab ute. We got even more stares than normal.
Two, the enormous sandwiches served at our afternoon toilet stop. Each slice of bread was equal to at least four regular slices.
The third was when our driver and tour leader pulled over to help a guanaco who was stuck on a fence.
The rest of the day consisted of knitting and sleeping. I made some Christmas decorations for the truck. Which the driver, Ritchie has said he likes so much he will keep them for his next truck. An amazing compliment as he told me stories of tearing down Christmas decorations previous groups had made as soon as their tour finished.
Day two had three highlights, a hot lunch, every toilet stop being at a flushing toilet and having a little step ladder to get up into the truck (both due to a lady with some mobility issues joining the group on El Calafate, I miss ditch toilets).
We're now in the Lakes District of Patagonia, which is what I expected most of Patagonia to be like, very green.
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